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Stablecoin Tether and Circle’s USDC dominate the market. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. has filed a civil forfeiture complaint against $61 million in cryptocurrency that it alleges proceeds from black-market sales of sanctioned Iranian crude oil and petroleum products. The complaint, brought by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District…

Consumer protection advocates are speaking out against a provision in Congress’s proposed cryptocurrency legislation, claiming it would allow financial firms to sidestep state oversight of artificial intelligence. In a letter last week to U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-SD) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY), 78 groups urged lawmakers to oppose a proposed “sandbox” provision of the CLARITY…

Lenders may be able to get the Federal Housing Administration to approve more of their loans if newly released plans for modernizing longstanding property requirements move forward. Processing Content The proposal generally loosens minimum standards or aligns them with the government-sponsored enterprises’ in ways aimed at streamlining a process that has frustrated many housing groups….

Russia Lowers Natural Gas Output and Export Forecasts Amid EU Shift Revised Forecasts and Impacts on Russia’s Natural Gas Sector MOSCOW, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Russia’s economy ministry expects the country to produce and export less natural gas this year than previously forecast, according to a draft government document seen by Reuters, as Europe prepares…

The broader economy, she argued, offers the Fed room to act. The unemployment rate sits at 4.1%, a level she described as consistent with maximum employment. Real consumption grew at an annualized rate of 3.4% in the second quarter of 2026, and the Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank’s GDPNow model was pointing to above-4% growth in…